Katie is an artist who loves to make. Her practice is seen through the lens of her Cornish world she calls "The Parish of Milk". This small domain of rurality holds her; allowing for connection to the 'left behind' wonder of past times. Through story telling, Katie searches for seasonal tales to craft as pottery sculpture, carve into wood cut prints and onto stitch vintage linen smocks.
Katie is currently undertaking an MA in Fine Art at Arts University Plymouth to further these crafts.
Her ongoing research asks:
How does a renewed connection with folklore, land and ritual reveal the ways belief materialises through art?
This question guides her exploration of clay, story, and performance as methods of embodying old knowledge and creating new rituals of place. Through these practices, Katie seeks to engage with the historical relationships between material and rurality.
Her work aims to reveal how the rhythms and rituals of rural life continue to inform contemporary understandings of belonging and belief.
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Katie’s studio is based at Lower Scarsick, Treneglos, near Launceston, Cornwall.
Studio visits are welcomed by appointment.
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STITCHING IN THE SPANISH HILLS
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Group Shows
2025
Framed, Cornwall Museum
Studio Kind Summer Show, Barnsatple
Drawing Forum, PS1 AUP, Plymouth
Cornwall Open Studios
Royal William Yard, Plymouth, MA AUP group show
2024
Caru, Yellow Table, The Clink St Tudy, curated by Emma Hambly
Fringe Arts Bath, “Risen”
Cornwall Open Studios
“Wonderland”, Swanskin printmakersThe Castle Bude
“Lock in” radio broadcast on Source Fm with Natalie Rigby https://open.spotify.com/episode/3w5RZ7mZO36P9EUGyCgICt
2023
The Cruel and Curious Sea IV, Bude
The Spirit of Cornwall, Cornwall Royal Museum
PRIZE Panels Selection- Highly commended.
2022
The Cruel and Curious III, "Heart", Bude
Blisland Institute
Cornwall Open Studios
Tresorys Kernow, “Studios on the High Street”
Charles Causley Festival
Little Grace Gallery, Rock Institute
The Burton Art Gallery Open
Bull Mill Arts, Wiltshire
Ingenious Pursuits IV, Joy Editions Gallery, Bude
2021
Charles Causley Festival
2020
Charles Causley Festival
Inspire Makers, Falmouth
Swanskin printmakers, The Castle Bude
The Burton Art Gallery Open
2019
Charles Causley Festival
Cornwall Open Studios,
Ingenious Pursuits III, Makers collective, Bude
2018
Cornwall Open Studios, home studio
Ingenious Pursuits II, Makers collective, Bude
2017
Ingenious Pursuits I, Makers collective, Bude
2016
Newlyn and Exchange Gallery, Artsea,Teachers group
Devon Open Studios, Double Elephant Print Workshop
Galleries selling prints in Cornwall:
Inspire Makers, Falmouth
Colour and Space, Perranporth
Kaffler Collective, Bude